Just when it looked like sales might take off for a variety of electric cars, a global battery shortage has put a damper on sales of models from Hyundai. We got a heads up from a Canadian reader that customer orders for the Ioniq Electric in Canada have been put on hold due to a… Continue reading Battery shortage interrupts Hyundai Ioniq Electric sales
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Nissan to gradually withdraw from diesel vehicle market in Europe
PARIS: Japanese carmaker Nissan will gradually stop selling diesel cars in Europe, in a further sign of weakening demand for those cars as customers worry about tax rises and looming bans and restrictions related to diesel in many countries. A Nissan spokeswoman said there would be a gradual withdrawal of diesel cars in Europe. A… Continue reading Nissan to gradually withdraw from diesel vehicle market in Europe
Tesla reportedly locks out contractors in midst of Model 3 ramp up
Last Wednesday, during Tesla’s earnings call, we learned that CEO Elon Musk planned to restructure the company and to cut the number of contractors used at Tesla’s factories. That day came suddenly this morning. Electrek reported this morning that it had obtained an internal memo from Musk noting that contractors’ time was up, and that… Continue reading Tesla reportedly locks out contractors in midst of Model 3 ramp up
Volvo Cars to embed Google Assistant, Google Play Store and Google Maps in next-generation infotainment system
Volvo Cars to embed Google Assistant, Google Play Store and Google Maps in next-generation infotainment system Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, today announced it is working with Google to embed the voice-controlled Google Assistant, Google Play Store, Google Maps and other Google services into its next-generation Sensus infotainment system, based on Google’s Android… Continue reading Volvo Cars to embed Google Assistant, Google Play Store and Google Maps in next-generation infotainment system
Isuzu Launches a Newly Engineered Lightweight Truck in an Emerging Market -Sales Starts from Indonesia-
April 23, 2018 Isuzu Launches a Newly Engineered Lightweight Truck in an Emerging Market-Sales Starts from Indonesia- ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED (headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo and headed by Masanori Katayama, President and Representative Director, hereinafter called “Isuzu”) has launched and started selling a cab-over lightweight truck (3.0 tons in GVW) under the model name for Indonesia,… Continue reading Isuzu Launches a Newly Engineered Lightweight Truck in an Emerging Market
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Nissan will invest 40 million in the transformation of its Ávila plant
Posted 07/05/2018 14: 28: 31CET The new parts stamping facilities will start their activity in April 2020 AVILA, 7 May (EUROPA PRESS) – The Japanese automotive brand Nissan will transform its plant in Ávila with the construction of two new facilities, in which it will invest close to 40 million euros in concept of “fixed… Continue reading Nissan will invest 40 million in the transformation of its Ávila plant
NIO Issued Beijing Intelligent Connected Vehicle Test Permit
26 Apr 2018 Beijing, China – April 24 – NIO has obtained the permit required for testing autonomous vehicles on public roads in Beijing. The autonomous driving road tests designated by the Beijing municipal government include 30 urban and country roads with a total distance of 100 kilometers. The ES8 has already gone through… Continue reading NIO Issued Beijing Intelligent Connected Vehicle Test Permit
Terra Motors raises USD 10 million to expand in markets like India, Bangladesh
An e-rickshaw from Terra Motors Japan-based Terra Motors, an electric vehicle start-up company announced today that it has secured $10 million (Rs 67 crores) from foreign investors including Fenox Venture capital (US) and other Japanese bank affiliated venture capital investors to accelerate their global expansion. Terra Motors, with a portfolio of electric two and three… Continue reading Terra Motors raises USD 10 million to expand in markets like India, Bangladesh
Automobili Pininfarina Will Deliver an Electric Hypercar in 2020
The famous Italian styling house won’t just design cars for others any more—it’ll make them itself. @MAROCCIAPHOTO Pininfarina has decades of esteemed automotive design under its belt. Its current Indian ownership, Mahindra & Mahindra concluded that it was time for Pininfarina to graduate from design alone, and begin selling cars under its own name. On… Continue reading Automobili Pininfarina Will Deliver an Electric Hypercar in 2020
PSA to partner with Indian Tata to create low-cost vehicles for emerging markets
PSA will team up with Indian industrialist auntie to design low-cost vehicles for emerging countries, according to the newspaper Les Echos. He added that Carlos Tavares spent three days there in mid-April to oversee the progress of a program based on the development of a new platform dedicated to a manufacturing price twice as low… Continue reading PSA to partner with Indian Tata to create low-cost vehicles for emerging markets